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COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS Thursday, April 19, 2012
SUBJECT: SPONSORED RESEARCH TRENDS AND HIGHLIGHTS
PROPOSED COMMITTEE ACTION
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
An update on proposal submissions, contract and grant awards received and select new award information.
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN/DATE
N/A
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS N/A
Presented by: Dr. Barry Rosson, V.P. for Research Phone: (561) 297-0268 Florida Atlantic University Division of Research
Research Trends and Highlights April 19, 2012 Contract and Grant Awards Received $50
$40
$30
Million $20
$10 As of March 31, 2012 $0 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
Division of Research Goal: Double Funded Research in 5 Years $100
$90 $86.9M
$80 $75.6M
$70 $65.7M
$57.1M $60 $50 $49.7M $43.2M Million $40 $30 $20
$10 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 $0 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016
Division of Research Awards Received As of March 31, 2012 Arts & Letters Medicine ($224K) ($2.2M)
HBOI ($6.9M) DSI ($2.2M)
Education ($4.3M)
Science ($4.9M) Engineering Honors ($2.9M) Nursing ($178K) ($2.3M) $34M Fiscal Year 2011-2012 “Other” ($7.6M) not shown
Division of Research Total Submissions: 333 As of March 31, 2012 Honors Medicine HBOI $461K ($17.6M) ($18.5M)
Education ($12.1M)
Arts & Letters ($331K) Science ($47.1M)
Engineering ($48.2M)
Nursing DSI ($3.17M) ($734K) Proposal Submissions $155M Fiscal Year 2011-2012 “Other” ($6.4M) not shown
Division of Research Proposal Submission Comparisons April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012 vs. April 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011 HBOI
Medicine
DSI
Nursing Difference in Proposal Honors Submissions Between the Two Years. Education
Business
Arts & Letters
Science
Engineering
–25 +25 +75 +125 +175 +225
Division of Research Selected New Awards Amount Funding Source Project Principal Investigator $256K National Institutes of Health Functional Analysis of Neuroglian/L 1 in Tanja Synaptogenesis Godenschwege
$302K National Institutes of Health Intersensory Perceptual Narrowing in David Human Infants Lewkowicz
$308K National Institutes of Health Testing a Substance Abuse Prevention John Lowe for Cherokee Early Adolescents
$352K National Institutes of Health Production of Pilot Scale Libraries of Amy Wright Marine Natural Products
$346K National Institutes of Health Molecular Analysis of Microdissected Marc Kantarow Human Lenses
$693K National Institutes of Health Early Dual Language Development in Erica Hoff Children from Spanish-Speaking Families
Division of Research Presidential Visit to Washington, DC March 27 & 28, 2012 M.J Saunders, B. Rosson, M. Leinen, C. Coley
Congressional Offices Visited
Senator Bill Nelson Senator Marco Rubio
Representative Kathy Castor Representative Thomas Rooney
Representative Ted Deutch Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Allen West
Representative Bill Posey Representative Bill Young
Division of Research Engaging the Community (Jan – March 2012)
More than 125 meetings with businesses, donors, partner organizations, and CEO’s • 37 businesses • 29 organizations • 28 CEO’s/company leaders • 34 Prospects and donors
Developing Major Corporate Partnerships • Citrix • AccuDial Pharmaceutical • GEO Group • Bank of America • FPL • FTI Consulting • NIPRO Diagnostics
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Business Outreach Focus
Career Center Connections • FPL • GEO Group • WCS Lending • Guaranteed Rate
Corporate Supported Research • Citrix • NIPRO Diagnostics • GEO Group • Modernizing Medicine 10 Business Outreach Focus
Alumni Connections
• Business Plan Competition speaker: Manny Medina (Founder of Terramark)
• Shindig Partner honoree: Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
• Alumni Hall of Fame honoree: Jaime Borras (former CIO of Motorola, 42 patents)
• Summer Outreach Visit: Google (FAU engineering alumnus is one of the founders) 11 Business Outreach Focus
Business Development Boards Connections
• Hosting Martin County Development staff for FAU visit • Participating in the Palm Beach Strategic Forum • Participating in the Six Pillars work of Palm Beach County • Serving as chair for a Pillar for Broward County Six Pillars • Life Science South Florida Planning meeting • Visit UCF’s Research Park
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